Kishore Kumar
Playback Singer, Musical Artist
1929 – 1987
Who was Kishore Kumar?
Kishore Kumar, was a popular Indian film playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenplay writer and scriptwriter. He sang in many Indian languages including Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Oriya, and Urdu. He won 8 Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and holds the record for winning the most Filmfare Awards in that category. He was awarded the "Lata Mangeshkar Award" by the Madhya Pradesh government and from that year onwards, the Madhya Pradesh Government initiated a new award called the "Kishore Kumar Award" for contributions to Hindi cinema.
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- Born
- Aug 4, 1929
Khandwa - Also known as
- Karim Abdul
- Abhaas Kumar Ganguly
- Kishore Ganguly
- Kishore
- Kishorkumar
- Kishor Kumar
- Late Kishore Kumar
- Kishore Kumar & Chorus
- Kumar, Kishore
- Abhas Kumar Kunjilal Ganguly
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Ruma Guha Thakurta
(1950 - 1958) - Madhubala
(1960 - 1969/02/23) - Yogeeta Bali
(1976/08/04 - 1978/08/04) - Leena Chandavarkar
(1980 - 1987/10/13)
- Ruma Guha Thakurta
- Children
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Died
- Oct 13, 1987
Mumbai
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on July 23, 2013
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